What could $1000 get you back in 2004? An Audi 4000 CS plus the turbo engine from an Audi 5000 to swap in.
1999 was a magical year–a new millennium was just around the corner, Star Wars was back and a first-gen, Japanese-market Mazda RX-7 could be bought for less than $2000.
Remember when a Dodge Neon on AR-24 wheels was commonplace at virtually any autocross? We certainly do. Back in 2006, this $100 Neon had us reminiscing.
How to best follow a masterpiece like a $2000 Challenge-winning Jeep Cherokee? With a turbo-six-powered AMC Spirit, of course.
While wild low-buck builds are more than welcome at our annual $2000 Challenge, several previous competitors have had just as much fun running more mild machines–like this Volvo 242.
After leaving the $2000 Challenge with a rod poking out of the engine block, this Nissan Sentra SE-R was back in 2014 with a junkyard replacement motor fitted with a …
We didn't know it then, but this factory-turbocharged Plymouth Voyager was the beginning of a lifelong friendship–and the creation of a $2000 Challenge legend.
How do you know you've created something special? Several of the competitors that entered our first low-buck competition, the $1500 Challenge, can still be found competing in our $2000 Challenge.
Now's the time to book a room for the $2000 Challenge at our official host hotel, especially if you want a view of the parking lot build.
Bill Cuttitta, who has participated in the $2000 Challenge since the very beginning, has been chosen as the Grand Marshal for our famed low-buck motorsports festival.
